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    April 12, 2018
    Landowners attend a Northwest Landowners Association information expo on Thursday in Stanley, N.D. From right are Wayne Johnson, Brian Hollinger, both of Stanley, Daryl Belik and Bette Belik, both of Ross. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune
    ND landowners seek education on negotiating with energy developers
    STANLEY, N.D. — Landowners in North Dakota oil country had a lot of questions Thursday about wind development as residents of the northwest...
    news/science-and-natureApril 12, 2018 - 9:21pm
    April 8, 2018
    ND oil country begging for workers, say officials
    BISMARCK—The jobs outlook in the Oil Patch in western North Dakota is at its highest level in three years. Central North Dakota looks good,...
    business/energy-and-miningApril 8, 2018 - 9:49pm
    April 3, 2018
    A ruptured pipeline caused when a hillside slumped spilled 12,600 barrels of oil into a creek in Billings County near Belfield, N.D., in December 2016. Special to The Forum / North Dakota Department of Health
    80 percent of ND oil spills wouldn't have been reported under new law
    FARGO — A recently adopted higher threshold for reporting spills in North Dakota's Oil Patch, if applied to a recent five-year period,...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 3, 2018 - 9:58pm
    March 27, 2018
    Cass County continues to drive North Dakota population growth
    FARGO—Cass County once again served as North Dakota's people magnet, gaining 3,162 residents in the latest yearly population estimates....
    news/government-and-politicsMarch 27, 2018 - 6:47pm
    January 16, 2018
    Oil pumping units are pictured in Mountrail County, N.D., in June 2016. Forum News Service file photo.
    ND oil production moves into growth mode
    BISMARCK — North Dakota oil production is back in growth mode, up about 1 percent in November to 1.19 million barrels per day, the Department...
    newsJanuary 16, 2018 - 5:04pm
    January 5, 2018
    This map of the proposed Yellowstone Disposal site would put the landfill 4.5 miles southeast of Sidney, Mont. Courtesy image / Montana Department of Environmental Quality
    Radioactive Bakken waste buried in Montana, while ND has no licensed dump sites
    SIDNEY, Mont. — Montana's capacity for radioactive oilfield waste could be nearing expansion soon as regulators finalize rules for disposal....
    newsJanuary 5, 2018 - 7:15pm
    December 2, 2017
    Sarah Gulenchyn worked in the North Dakota Oil Patch on a crew that surveyed and inspected pipelines. She filed a complaint alleging discrimination by a colleague who she says used racial slurs and harassed her. She claims she was fired after reporting the misconduct. Photo special to Forum News Service
    Woman alleges job harassment, retaliation in ND oil patch
    BISMARCK—A female surveyor who worked in the North Dakota Oil Patch has filed a complaint against her former employer, claiming she was...
    businessDecember 2, 2017 - 8:51pm
    December 1, 2017
    A five acre piece of farmland north of Golden Valley, N.D., owned by John and Leona Flemmer, listen to Lonnie Jacobson, middle, is the site for the North Dakota Carbon Storage Assurance and Facility Enterprise carbon capture research project site in coal country. Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune
    Study aims to determine feasibility of underground carbon dioxide storage
    GOLDEN VALLEY, N.D. — A rare drilling rig is at work in central North Dakota this week, but crews aren't looking for oil. They're drilling...
    business/energy-and-miningDecember 1, 2017 - 6:01pm
    November 21, 2017
    An oil well is pictured along the shoreline of Lake Sakakawea in Williams County, N.D., on Wednesday, April 11, 2017. Amy Dalrymple / Forum News Service
    NDSU research finds water needs during Oil Patch boom unprecedented
    DICKINSON, N.D. — The need for water in western North Dakota's Bakken region during the oil boom was unprecedented—and research into...
    newsNovember 21, 2017 - 8:57pm
    November 15, 2017
    Oil Derrick
    Study: Water use in ND Oil Patch increased almost 20-fold in seven years
    FARGO—Water use for oil production in the Bakken oilfields increased almost 20-fold from 2008 to 2014, with water consumption climbing...
    newsNovember 15, 2017 - 8:38pm
    September 25, 2017
    Letter: ND oil patch cities deserve funds from growth
    It is now apparent that Doug Burgum acts as if he were governor of the city of Fargo, not the governor of the State of North Dakota. The article...
    opinion/lettersSeptember 25, 2017 - 7:45am
    September 18, 2017
    David Tuan, Williston's city administrator talks about the various upcoming infrastructure projects over the next couple of years. (Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)play button
    After years of boom, Oil Patch cities paying off growth debt
    WATFORD CITY, N.D.—The North Dakota oil boom turned black gold into green for public and private interests over its high-flying run. But...
    newsSeptember 18, 2017 - 6:04am
    September 17, 2017
    Melissa Krause recently opened Quick Draw Art Studio in downtown Williston. She said a shop like this wouldn't have worked during the boom and while things are not as busy as they were five years ago, the town can support an art studio like this. (Joshua Komer/Grand Forks Herald)play button
    After the boom: Community finds calm after frantic years
    WILLISTON—It was a quiet afternoon in a downtown Williston art store. A passerby might quickly recognize the point of the QuickDraw Art...
    newsSeptember 17, 2017 - 6:03am
    July 18, 2017
    Gov. Doug Burgum leads a meeting of the North Dakota Industrial Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry, at the state Capitol on Tuesday, July 18, in Bismarck. Earlier Tuesday at the Bakken conference at the Event Center, Burgum issued challenges to the oil industry, including striving for zero spills and reaching 2 million barrels per day. Mike McCleary / Bismarck Tribune
    Burgum challenges oil industry to eliminate spills, increase production
    BISMARCK — Gov. Doug Burgum issued a challenge Tuesday, July 18, to the North Dakota oil industry: Eliminate spills while doubling production...
    newsJuly 18, 2017 - 8:35pm
    June 22, 2017
    Outside the North Dakota Supreme Court chambers. John Hageman / Forum News Service
    Oilfield company fights illegal dumping fine at ND Supreme Court
    BISMARCK — A trucking company that illegally dumped oilfield waste on a northwest North Dakota road in 2014 continues to contest a $950,000...
    newsJune 22, 2017 - 5:30pm
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